Nikita Gusev had a secondary helper on Khabarovsk's final goal in a 3-0 blanking of Slovan Bratislava. He played 12:27 in the match. Jaroslav Janus sat backup to Branislav Konrad for Slovan. Khabarovsk plays CSKA on Friday. Bratislava will face Novosibirsk.

Vasily Koshechkin stopped both shooters he faced in the penalty shot session and former Lightning draft pick Denis Kazionov[14] had a shootout goal to life Cherepovets to a 4-3 win over Chelyabinsk. Nikita Nesterov (pictured) played a big 25:41 and took a minor for high sticking in defeat. Ex-Lightning draft pick Nikita Alexeev[15] also had his first goal of the season for Cherepovets. Cherepovets plays Ekaterinburg next on Friday. Chelyabinsk draws Chekhov.